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Fernando Alonso tried to put pressure on Red Bull in the final stint by taking it easy to begin with, then pumping in a sequence of quick laps, but to no avail.

Korean Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2012drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55
Mark Webber	108.887	106.698	106.598	106.737	106.682	106.226	106.052	106.056	105.971	105.623	106.245	106.14	106.365	110.888	120.554	105.404	105.295	105.158	105.111	105.351	105.366	105.211	105.324	104.86	104.597	104.483	104.027	103.761	103.861	104.198	104.5	108.95	118.837	103.567	103.457	104.467	104.131	104.381	104.136	103.9	104.214	104.289	104.334	103.756	103.454	103.261	103.073	102.835	103.376	102.538	102.612	102.574	102.611	102.037	103.863
Sebastian Vettel	108.151	106.474	106.636	106.33	106.774	106.083	105.959	105.643	105.815	105.679	105.543	105.439	105.805	106.021	110.2	120.423	104.307	104.66	104.837	104.948	104.8	104.667	104.616	104.626	104.11	103.948	104.445	104.171	104.047	104.262	104.497	104.44	103.844	105.006	110.743	118.244	102.644	103.091	103.716	104.214	103.775	103.85	103.889	103.333	103.338	103.239	103.137	102.794	103.072	102.853	103.362	103.307	102.953	103.392	102.499
Lewis Hamilton	111.045	107.483	107.229	106.713	106.786	106.799	106.359	106.313	106.28	106.029	106.41	106.239	110.451	120.753	105.389	105.735	104.836	104.977	106.163	106.633	107.091	106.279	106.73	106.158	105.771	110.364	121.808	104.768	104.851	104.766	105.399	105.707	105.608	105.089	104.858	105.99	105.982	106.368	106.121	106.634	104.079	109.064	119.131	102.929	103.359	103.296	103.987	103.021	102.721	103.114	103.668	105.126	107.382	106.654	105.848
Fernando Alonso	110.317	107.025	106.796	106.539	106.894	106.732	106.412	106.21	106.254	105.851	105.952	106.129	106.062	105.908	110.346	121.547	104.745	104.997	105.139	105.248	104.99	104.879	104.635	104.566	104.634	104.556	104.378	104.215	103.96	104.137	104.166	104.318	104.274	108.586	120.427	104.184	104.197	104.064	104.202	104.369	104.048	104.11	103.977	103.952	103.161	103.75	103.646	102.5	102.498	102.592	102.497	102.442	103.32	104.297	102.965
Kimi Raikkonen	112.512	107.765	107.097	107.159	106.664	106.764	106.469	106.521	106.218	106.194	106.255	106.534	106.599	110.614	121.25	105.277	106.346	104.614	105.033	105.697	105.522	105.68	106.434	106.4	105.595	106.036	104.227	103.937	104.274	104.005	104.008	104.171	104.774	105.009	109.071	121.63	104.451	104.522	104.336	104.562	104.422	106.417	104.052	103.767	103.739	103.718	103.535	102.879	102.902	103.78	102.822	103.605	103.332	102.969	103.225
Felipe Massa	111.883	107.464	107.124	106.889	106.751	106.879	106.427	106.381	106.412	106.045	106.179	106.843	106.546	110.509	121.185	105.097	104.722	105.086	104.804	105.875	104.622	104.845	104.457	104.577	104.345	105.013	104.12	103.82	103.718	103.837	103.907	104.256	104.201	104.361	108.93	120.862	102.689	104.264	104.144	104.989	103.395	103.83	104.096	104.086	103.162	103.392	105.059	102.242	103.51	103.085	102.602	103.272	103.217	103.741	105.072
Romain Grosjean	114.075	108.265	107.973	107.676	107.82	107.392	107.274	106.87	107.085	107.706	107.467	107.985	112.492	122.989	105.975	105.571	105.349	106.218	108.635	104.599	105.4	105.415	105.551	105.404	105.676	104.849	104.395	104.401	104.999	105.351	109.173	120.244	103.593	103.67	104.102	103.949	103.76	104.424	104.952	106.882	103.878	105.142	103.593	102.783	102.925	102.882	103.54	103.833	104.428	103.66	103.953	104.459	103.771	104.003	105.007
Nico Hulkenberg	113.399	108.376	107.678	107.46	107.604	107.504	107.499	107.087	107.092	107.649	107.645	107.871	112.488	123.115	105.876	105.452	105.527	106.542	105.138	106.133	105.992	105.801	105.546	105.837	105.314	104.82	104.649	104.861	105.081	105.192	105.001	108.48	121.429	103.64	103.936	104.441	104.429	103.981	104.302	104.227	103.921	103.643	103.614	103.333	103.15	102.86	103.049	102.763	103.044	102.904	104.004	102.96	102.914	102.645	105.054
Nico Rosberg
118.108
Michael Schumacher	115.187	108.955	108.338	108.342	108.373	108.242	108.046	107.754	107.67	107.439	107.896	108.588	112.102	122.388	106.346	106.046	106.435	105.925	106.568	107.408	106.76	106.817	106.763	105.659	106.65	106.02	105.577	105.596	105.062	105.54	105.806	109.654	120.575	104.788	105.412	105.503	104.88	106.547	105.67	105.111	105.982	105.774	105.168	104.604	104.941	103.43	103.726	103.59	103.184	104.353	104.277	104.188	104.477	103.93	103.83
Jenson Button
Sergio Perez	114.561	108.221	107.991	107.757	107.866	107.901	107.688	107.328	107.37	106.907	106.82	107.648	108.352	106.272	106.564	108.564	107.957	112.227	127.756	107.906	105.816	106.202	105.84	106.255	105.779	105.384	106.007	106.631	105.188	105.42	105.838	106.025	110.844	121.455	103.054	103.677	103.375	105.464	105.744	105.327	105.809	103.371	104.09	103.768	102.989	102.868	102.86	102.691	102.495	103.332	104.019	104.767	104.714	103.503	104.456
Kamui Kobayashi	150.991	138.541	107.066	107.153	107.777	107.704	113.61	118.296	107.774	108.099	120.373	108.277	107.883	108.601	111.705	123.482
Paul di Resta	115.742	109.085	108.358	108.41	108.778	107.994	107.914	107.86	107.535	107.57	107.586	108.829	107.861	106.964	111.245	123.326	106.184	106.268	106.405	106.606	106.844	106.437	107.002	106.094	105.641	105.653	106.176	110.798	120.609	105.653	104.89	104.507	104.66	104.735	104.943	105.755	104.726	103.81	104.367	104.15	103.845	103.881	103.876	103.615	103.661	103.685	103.984	103.517	103.754	104.375	104.542	104.787	107.018	104.8	105.789
Pastor Maldonado	116.517	109.662	108.94	108.699	108.89	108.261	110.617	108.078	108.292	108.194	107.487	107.289	107.281	107.567	107.472	107.402	107.308	107.373	109.054	108.3	112.551	122.791	106.567	106.875	106.725	106.928	107.176	106.21	106.392	105.997	107.69	105.865	106.731	104.751	106.244	106.052	105.356	105.363	104.825	105.556	105.044	104.416	105.042	105.701	104.514	104.651	104.138	104.221	103.749	104.193	104.186	103.735	104.824	103.154	102.679
Jean-Eric Vergne	118.554	108.37	108.712	108.878	109.156	107.872	108.203	107.602	107.216	106.632	106.579	108.665	112.508	124.87	106.401	105.906	106.215	106.283	107.784	106.866	105.73	105.531	104.995	105.419	104.325	105.015	105.512	104.846	105.058	104.707	104.941	104.626	104.449	104.575	104.726	104.869	105.004	110.061	122.317	104.056	103.91	103.722	103.907	103.762	103.601	103.35	103.947	102.721	102.94	103.107	103.581	103.304	103.899	104.011	104.444
Bruno Senna	116.138	109.44	108.553	108.277	109.441	108.151	108.418	108.523	108.856	107.961	106.706	107.18	108.204	111.281	123.737	106.451	106.516	106.721	107.773	106.938	106.925	106.379	106.768	105.808	105.619	105.4	105.418	106.623	105.658	105.77	106.23	110.586	123.172	104.81	104.451	104.627	104.871	105.316	105.15	105.215	105.084	104.607	104.624	106.2	104.123	104.965	103.862	104.896	103.411	103.869	104.314	103.6	104.89	103.56	103.487
Vitaly Petrov	120.004	111.027	109.1	109.372	109.974	109.683	109.582	108.71	108.274	108.318	108.346	108.914	110.075	116.433	125.413	108.505	107.246	107.434	107.201	107.632	108.039	107.339	107.625	107.078	106.642	106.317	106.404	106.431	106.467	107.092	106.759	111.94	123.543	107.008	107.983	107.336	105.973	105.515	105.414	105.739	105.657	105.55	105.386	107.374	106.695	105.427	105.109	109.062	105.864	105.013	106.133	105.405	105.374	105.481
Heikki Kovalainen	119.237	110.402	109.166	109.427	108.768	108.506	109.048	108.629	108.858	108.676	109.476	109.922	115.121	125.787	107.879	107.553	108.482	107.552	107.538	107.543	107.614	107.331	107.294	107.066	106.94	107.14	106.377	106.234	106.378	106.473	107.146	107.415	116.013	123.84	109.236	106.54	106.258	106.255	105.482	105.34	105.725	105.064	104.955	105.542	106.586	104.963	105.198	106.884	105.379	108.113	106.258	108.734	107.573	111.221
Timo Glock	120.919	111.159	109.925	110.125	109.43	109.31	109.558	109.185	109.433	109.035	109.125	108.837	109.159	114.686	125.595	108.818	107.381	107.285	107.313	107.912	107.631	107.304	107.356	106.99	106.894	106.948	106.984	106.463	107.139	108.726	111.605	123.181	105.566	106.97	107.23	106.267	106.149	106.182	105.623	105.658	105.526	105.236	105.504	106.977	106.196	106.204	106.727	107.064	107.424	106.881	107.729	110.416	108.18	111.63
Daniel Ricciardo	120.16	107.787	108.33	108.876	109.248	107.901	108.547	107.15	108.247	106.199	106.665	107.788	108.442	110.813	122.223	105.213	105.618	105.766	106.163	105.269	105.886	105.349	105.254	105.114	105.162	105.029	106.006	105.171	104.945	105.038	105.162	105.41	105.431	109.301	121.401	103.868	103.907	104.381	103.707	103.514	103.612	103.476	103.706	103.374	103.148	108.918	104.385	103.358	104.223	103.925	103.786	105.209	104.03	104.448	105.399
Pedro de la Rosa	121.892	112.468	110.68	110.712	110.713	111.373	110.754	110.447	109.861	110.118	110.297	110.115	110.075	111.378	111.291	117.294
Narain Karthikeyan	121.304	112.433	112.383	111.333	112.3	111.356	111.634	110.69	110.842	110.431	111.341	110.699	110.998	111.178	111.681	111.86	112.445	116.538	132.653	109.246	109.297	108.58	111.424	108.52	110.028	110.475	113.64	108.41	108.217	107.859	110.672	110.145	109.452	108.419	107.473	107.369	107.15	107.344	107.068	107.695	107.815	109.334	107.475	110.996	108.45	107.615	108.225	109.235	110.234	110.199	113.71	112.983	113.057
Charles Pic	122.552	112.613	111.613	111.262	110.806	111.211	110.906	110.454	110.046	109.977	109.636	109.318	110.007	109.044	108.665	109.948	113.016	125.838	106.826	107.31	107.832	108.457	110.354	108.473	110.646	108.948	107.656	109.28	107.325	107.357	107.476	107.166	106.896	111.344	125.067	106.618	108.162	106.87	105.828	108.07	107.622	106.133	107.535	105.785	107.539	105.44	105.525	108.075	105.437	105.51	104.52	104.462	106.909

Alonso had the opportunity to back of and save his tyres for a late push because his nearest threat, Kimi Raikkonen, was too far behind. Felipe Massa was in between the pair of them but he was never going to be allowed to overtake his team mate.

Having taken care of his tyres earlier in the stint Alonso unleashed a series of quick laps from lap 48 in a bid to put Mark Webber under pressure.

But Webber responded quickly to Alonso’s spurt of pace. After five laps in which he’d reduced Webber’s 4.7s lead by just one second, Alonso backed off again.

Lewis Hamilton’s lap times show the development of his various problems quite clearly. From lap 19 his times rise due to the anti-roll bar problem which also made it harder for him to look after his tyres.

Then on lap 52 his times spike after he collected a large piece of Astroturf which attached itself to the right-hand side of his car. This cost him around four seconds on lap 53 alone, though from there on he was able to reduce the time lost on the last two laps.

Korean Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1’42.037		54
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1’42.242	0.205	48
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’42.442	0.405	52
4	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1’42.495	0.458	49
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’42.499	0.462	55
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1’42.645	0.608	54
7	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1’42.679	0.642	55
8	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’42.721	0.684	48
9	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1’42.721	0.684	49
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1’42.783	0.746	44
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus-Renault	1’42.822	0.785	51
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’43.148	1.111	45
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1’43.184	1.147	49
14	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1’43.411	1.374	49
15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1’43.517	1.480	48
16	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1’44.462	2.425	52
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1’44.955	2.918	43
18	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1’45.013	2.976	50
19	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1’45.236	3.199	42
20	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1’47.066	5.029	3
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1’47.068	5.031	39
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1’49.861	7.824	9
23	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’58.108	16.071	1

Webber produced the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate tour.

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